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InfoQ Development News feedGoogle Brings Machine Learning to Firebase with ML KIThttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/firebase-mlkit-machine-learning?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-news
<img src="http://www.infoq.com/styles/i/logo_bigger.jpg"/><p>Google recently introduced ML KIT, a machine-learning module fully integrated in its Firebase mobile development platform and available for both iOS and Android. With this new Firebase module, Google simplifies the creation of machine-learning powered applications on mobile phones and solves some of the challenges of implementing computationally intense features on mobile devices.</p> <i>By Alexis Perrier</i>MobileAndroidMachine LearningiOSDevelopmentAI, ML & Data EngineeringnewsThu, 24 May 2018 14:51:00 GMThttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/firebase-mlkit-machine-learning?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-newsAlexis Perrier2018-05-24T14:51:00Z/news/2018/05/firebase-mlkit-machine-learning/enAmazon Aurora Adds "Backtrack" Feature to Enable Rewinding a DB Cluster to a Specific Point in Timehttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/aurora-rds-backtrack-mysql?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-news
<img src="http://www.infoq.com/styles/i/logo_bigger.jpg"/><p>Amazon Aurora, a managed MySQL and PostgreSQL compatible relational database in AWS, receives a new backtrack feature. By using this backtrack feature, developers can undo their mistakes like dropping the wrong table. </p> <i>By Steef-Jan Wiggers</i>MySQLAWSAmazon RDSDevelopmentCloudnewsThu, 24 May 2018 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/aurora-rds-backtrack-mysql?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-newsSteef-Jan Wiggers2018-05-24T09:00:00Z/news/2018/05/aurora-rds-backtrack-mysql/enAndroid Jetpack Brings WorkManager, Navigation and Morehttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/android-jetpack-released?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-news
<img src="http://www.infoq.com/styles/i/logo_bigger.jpg"/><p>Android Jetpack brings new components, tools and architectural guidance to develop Android apps. The new components are WorkManager, Navigation, Paging, Slices and Android KTX.</p> <i>By Diogo Carleto</i>MobileGoogleAndroidDevelopmentnewsThu, 24 May 2018 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/android-jetpack-released?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-newsDiogo Carleto2018-05-24T00:00:00Z/news/2018/05/android-jetpack-released/enPropel Shifts Plans to Leverage TensorFlow.jshttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/propelml-tensorflowjs-shift?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-news
<img src="http://www.infoq.com/styles/i/logo_bigger.jpg"/><p>The Propel JavaScript scientific computing and machine learning library has announced a change in the project's direction. Just a few weeks after Propel's initial launch in March 2018, TensorFlow.js announced its release. Propel's initial efforts extended deeplearn.js and the C implementation of TensorFlow. Tensorflow.js is an evolution of deeplearn.js.</p> <i>By Dylan Schiemann</i>JavaScriptMachine LearningNode.jsDevelopmentArchitecture & DesignTypeScriptAI, ML & Data EngineeringnewsMon, 21 May 2018 16:00:00 GMThttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/propelml-tensorflowjs-shift?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-newsDylan Schiemann2018-05-21T16:00:00Z/news/2018/05/propelml-tensorflowjs-shift/enAWS Blockchain Templates for Ethereum and Hyperledger Fabrichttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/AWS-Blockchain-Ethereum-Fabric?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-news
<img src="http://www.infoq.com/styles/i/logo_bigger.jpg"/><p>Amazon recently announced the introduction of blockchain templates for Ethereum and Hyperledger Fabric. AWS Blockchain templates enable developers to quickly setup blockchain infrastructure and focus on building applications rather than having to deal with the underlying infrastructure, how to build, maintain and secure it.</p> <i>By Alex Giamas</i>DevelopmentArchitecture & DesignBlockchainEthereumHyperledgernewsMon, 21 May 2018 14:47:00 GMThttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/AWS-Blockchain-Ethereum-Fabric?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-newsAlex Giamas2018-05-21T14:47:00Z/news/2018/05/AWS-Blockchain-Ethereum-Fabric/enBuild 2018: The Future of C#http://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/CSharp-8-Future?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-news
<img src="http://www.infoq.com/styles/i/logo_bigger.jpg"/><p>Number one on the list of future C# features is Nullable Reference Types. But also on the table are enhancements to pattern matching, array slicing, asynchronous iterators, default interface methods, and possibly even records.</p> <i>By Jonathan Allen</i>.NETC#Language DesignDevelopmentC# 8newsMon, 21 May 2018 11:18:00 GMThttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/CSharp-8-Future?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-newsJonathan Allen2018-05-21T11:18:00Z/news/2018/05/CSharp-8-Future/enARCore 1.2 Lets Users Share AR Worldshttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/arcore-1.2-anchor-clouds?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-news
<img src="http://www.infoq.com/styles/i/logo_bigger.jpg"/><p>At its recent I/O 2018 conference, Google announced version 1.2 of its augmented reality framework, ARCore, which brings collaborative AR experiences through Cloud Anchors, vertical plane detection, and SceneForms, which makes it possible to create 3D apps without using OpenGL.
</p> <i>By Sergio De Simone</i>MobileGoogleAndroidiOSDevelopmentCloudAugmented RealityARCorenewsMon, 21 May 2018 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/arcore-1.2-anchor-clouds?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-newsSergio De Simone2018-05-21T09:00:00Z/news/2018/05/arcore-1.2-anchor-clouds/enIncreasing the Resilience of APIs with Chaos Engineeringhttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/gremlin-api-chaos?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-news
<img src="http://www.infoq.com/styles/i/logo_bigger.jpg"/><p>The Gremlin team has described a simple chaos experiment as a method of validating that an organisation’s APIs are resilient. Using the principles of chaos engineering and techniques like running “game days” (a fire drill for IT systems and people) can provide value, as can the appropriate use of commercial and open source tooling emerging within this space.</p> <i>By Daniel Bryant</i>APIDevOpsDevelopmentChaos EngineeringnewsSun, 20 May 2018 15:30:00 GMThttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/gremlin-api-chaos?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-newsDaniel Bryant2018-05-20T15:30:00Z/news/2018/05/gremlin-api-chaos/enHappy Cultures and How They Grow High Performershttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/happy-teams-are-high-performers?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-news
<img src="http://www.infoq.com/styles/i/logo_bigger.jpg"/><p>ITV's Tom Clark spoke at DOXLON in February, proposing the hypothesis that high performance is a side-effect of creating happy teams. Andy Flemming, contributor to Deliberately Developmental Organization, also recently spoke about how to reap business and strategic benefits by creating a culture with an intentional focus on transparency, and the learning, growth and happiness of individuals.
</p> <i>By Rafiq Gemmail</i>Self-organizing TeamPatterns and PracticesCulture ChangeTeam CollaborationlearningTrustDeliberate PracticeDevOpsCultureDevelopmentCulture & MethodsPersonal GrowthPsychological SafetynewsSun, 20 May 2018 00:55:00 GMThttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/happy-teams-are-high-performers?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-newsRafiq Gemmail2018-05-20T00:55:00Z/news/2018/05/happy-teams-are-high-performers/enMicrosoft Announces Preview of Azure SignalR Servicehttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/azure-signalr-preview?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-news
<img src="http://www.infoq.com/styles/i/logo_bigger.jpg"/><p>Microsoft recently announced a public preview of the Azure SignalR Service during their annual Build developer conference in Seattle. SignalR has been available for download as a separate ASP.NET library but this is the first time it has been available as a fully-managed service.</p> <i>By Martin Abbott</i>Real Time WebDevelopmentArchitecture & DesignCloudMicrosoft AzureASP.NET CorenewsFri, 18 May 2018 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/azure-signalr-preview?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-newsMartin Abbott2018-05-18T15:00:00Z/news/2018/05/azure-signalr-preview/enPGP and S/MIME Encrypted Email Vulnerable to Efail Attackhttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/efail-pgp-smime-vulnerability?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-news
<img src="http://www.infoq.com/styles/i/logo_bigger.jpg"/><p>A group of German and Belgian researchers found that PGP and S/MIME are vulnerable to an attack that leaks the plaintext of encrypted emails. The Electronic Frontier Foundation confirmed the vulnerability and suggested to use alternative means to exchange secure messages. Yet, the vulnerability is not in PGP itself, according to GnuPG creator Werner Koch, who also said EFF comments were overblown.</p> <i>By Sergio De Simone</i>DevelopmentSecurity VulnerabilitiesApplication SecuritynewsFri, 18 May 2018 13:00:00 GMThttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/efail-pgp-smime-vulnerability?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-newsSergio De Simone2018-05-18T13:00:00Z/news/2018/05/efail-pgp-smime-vulnerability/enNew Features in C# 7.3http://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/CSharp-7.3?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-news
<img src="http://www.infoq.com/styles/i/logo_bigger.jpg"/><p>Though a comparatively minor release, C# 7.3 addresses some long outstanding complaints from C# 1 and 2 such as overload resolution and generic constraints that work with enums and delegates.</p> <i>By Jonathan Allen</i>.NETC#Language DesignDevelopmentC# 7newsFri, 18 May 2018 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/CSharp-7.3?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-newsJonathan Allen2018-05-18T11:00:00Z/news/2018/05/CSharp-7.3/enBuild 2018: .NET Overview & Roadmaphttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/.NET-Overview-Roadmap?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-news
<img src="http://www.infoq.com/styles/i/logo_bigger.jpg"/><p>At Microsoft Build 2018, Scott Hunter, director program management, .NET and Scott Hanselman, director community, .NET gave a session on the future of .NET. The thrust of the presentation was that .NET can be the platform for building any kind of application: desktop, web, cloud, mobile, gaming, IoT or AI. Your existing language skills are not wasted and can be used in new areas.
</p> <i>By Michael Stiefel</i>.NET.NET FrameworkMachine LearningDevelopment.NET CoreVisual Studio 2017newsThu, 17 May 2018 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/.NET-Overview-Roadmap?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-newsMichael Stiefel2018-05-17T18:30:00Z/news/2018/05/.NET-Overview-Roadmap/enMicrosoft and Red Hat Announce a Managed OpenShift Offering on Azurehttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/azure-openshift-managed-k8s?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-news
<img src="http://www.infoq.com/styles/i/logo_bigger.jpg"/><p>Microsoft announced it would expand their partnership with Red Hat to offer a managed OpenShift on Azure, which will combine the capabilities of Red Hat OpenShift and Microsoft Azure. Both Red Hat and Microsoft will join forces to design and engineer a Red Hat OpenShift on Azure, which will be available as a public preview in the coming months. </p> <i>By Steef-Jan Wiggers</i>PaaSDevelopmentArchitecture & DesignCloudKubernetesContainersnewsThu, 17 May 2018 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/azure-openshift-managed-k8s?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-newsSteef-Jan Wiggers2018-05-17T09:00:00Z/news/2018/05/azure-openshift-managed-k8s/enRxJS 6 Release Improves Performance and Modularityhttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/rxjs-6-released?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-news
<img src="http://www.infoq.com/styles/i/logo_bigger.jpg"/><p>The RxJS team has announced their 6.0 release, which improves the project's approach to modularity, streamlines performance, adds a backwards compatibility package to ease upgrades, and supports code migration for TypeScript users.</p> <i>By Dylan Schiemann</i>JavaScriptReactive ExtensionsDevelopmentArchitecture & DesignTypeScriptAngularnewsWed, 16 May 2018 14:00:00 GMThttp://www.infoq.com/news/2018/05/rxjs-6-released?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Development-newsDylan Schiemann2018-05-16T14:00:00Z/news/2018/05/rxjs-6-released/en